Get a date: check. Find a dress: check. Get a tie: check. Buy the tickets: check. Planning for the upcoming Christmas dance is no easy task: the list can be miles long! This year the dance is being held Dec. 18 at Center Stage, which is a change from previous years when it was held at The Fez. The dance goes from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., giving students four and a half hours to dance, socialize, and have a great time. The cost for a single ticket is $35. There will be door prizes, food and drinks, a DJ, pictures, and favors. According to Mrs. Hill, one of the door prizes is winning free pictures that would otherwise need to be purchased; any person could get a prize just for showing up. However, not everyone is sold on attending the dance yet. The price of the ticket alone scares some students, let alone getting all the necessities needed for the dance. Some students, like Sophomore Austin Wall and Freshman Christian Edder, do not feel like “wasting” the money. “I don’t have $35; well, technically 70, because I wouldn’t go without a date,” Freshman Ryan Whipple said. Dance coordinator Mrs. Hill said the reason behind changing the location of the dance was “because [The Fez] wasn’t big enough and the floor was coming up.”The dance was almost cancelled due to low ticket sales, but Mrs. Hill ended up selling 224 tickets as of Tuesday. According to Center Stage’s Web site, “Center Stage offers the biggest dance floor and the best food in Beaver County. With over 30 years of experience, Center Stage is perfect for all occasions.” Senior Justin Baumiller is looking forward to going to the dance “with the most beautiful girl in the world: Shannon Schimmer.” Not to be outdone, Senior Emily Winterbottom is looking forward to attending the dance “with the most beautiful boy in the world: Derek Lehockey.” Not everyone has found the perfect date yet, and the search has been a daunting task for some students. “I tend to procrastinate when getting dates,” Junior Alex Hawk said. However, when all the preparations are done and students make their list (and check it twice), they will be ready to rock the night away during the most wonderful time of the year: the 2010 Christmas dance.